Ridiculous that the government gets involved in stuff like this... Seriously, burning a poppy requires a court case now does it? They aren't causing anybody harm, they are just some teenagers going through a 'rebellious' stage, best thing to do is not draw attention to it because that just makes it worse...

If the goal is a greater level of respect for victims of war, then we should look at better educating and informing young people. Arresting people doesn't help, and rather demeans the notion of 'respect'.

I'm pretty sure they did get arrested, which annoyed me because last year when Muslims didn't they walked off free, possibly because if they hot arrested there'd probably be a bomb in a few days time.

Before I get accused of stereotyping or something for saying that, I'd like to point out the Southpark indecent where after mocking a part of Islam a car bomb went off outside the studios. Doing a good job of fulfilling the stereotype, in my opinion.

It's ridiculous that people can be arrested for this. We shouldn't be forced to 'respect' the war dead ; people have such a strange attitude to war veterans and current soldiers. I will respect someone if I feel they deserve it, otherwise it's not respect, it's just social pressure. I think poppy burning is a horrible thing to do because they know it will upset people, but it shouldn't be against the law! The social condemnation is punishment enough - we don't need the police to get involved.